Sides for railway freight cars



Nov. 13, 1956 G. MADLAND 2,770,199

SIDES FOR RAILWAY FREIGHT CARS Filed Dec. l5, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet J dm/f Nov. 13, 1956 G. MADLAND SIDES FOR RAILWAY FREIGHT CARS 2 Sheets-Sheet2 Filed Dec. l5, 1952 lv/N VEN Toe-- 6662/54 Meme/v0 ited States PatentIf SIDES FOR RAILWAY FREIGHT CARS Gabriel Madland, Chicago, Ill.,assgnor to The Youngstown Steel Door Company, Cleveland, h10, acorporation of Ollio Application December 15, 1952, Serial No. 325,977

7 Claims. (Cl. 10S- 409) This invention relates to sides for railwayfreight cars and is concerned more particularly with such sides built asa unit and serving as replacements for deteriorated or obsolete sides ofexisting freight cars.

It is an object of this invention to provide sides for railway freightcars which shall include extension members so constructed and arrangedas to serve as tension members as well as members for closing the spacebetween the existing side sills of the Cars and the side sheathing.

A further object is to provide Sides for railway freight cars embodyingextension members which shall be mechanically continuous substantiallyfrom end to `end of the car and which shall obviate openings orindentures heretofore required in such extension members.

A further object is to provide sides for railway freight cars embodyingposts, brackets for directly connecting the posts to the existing sidesills of the cars and extension members wherein the brackets shall lieabove the webs of the extension members.

A further object is to provide sides for railway freight cars embodyingposts, brackets for directly connecting the posts to the existing sidesills of the cars and extension members having upwardly and outwardlyextending webs wherein the brackets shall lie above and be secured tothe webs.

A further object is to provide sides for railway freight cars embodyingextension members adapted to be secured to the existing side sills ofthe cars so that the webs of the extension members are disposed belowthe top of the side sills.

A further object is to provide sides 4for railway cars embodyingextension members so disposed and arranged relative to the existing sidesills of the cars as to be adapted to carry means for supporting doortracks.

A further object is to provide sides for railway freight cars embodyingposts, brackets for directly connecting the posts to the existing sidesills of the cars and extension members wherein identical postconnection brackets can be used.

A further object is to provide sides for railway freight cars embodyingposts, brackets for directly connecting the posts to the existing sidesills of the cars and extension members wherein the brackets below thedoor opening `formed in the sides shall serve as supports for thresholdplates.

A further object is to provide sides for railway freight cars embodyingposts, brackets for directly connecting the posts to the existing sidesills of the cars and extension members wherein the parts are soarranged that the connecting brackets are simplified and their costreduced.

Other objects of the invention will become clear as the descriptionthereof proceeds.

ln the drawings forming part of this specification:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a side for railway freight carsembodying the instant invention.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is avertical section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a verticalsection taken on line 55 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a vertical section takenon line 6 6 of Fig. 2. Referring to the drawings the numeral 10designates generally a side embodying the instant invention and adaptedto be applied preferably as a unit to the existing side sill 11 of arailway freight car. The side 10 embodies a side plate 12 which as iscustomary extends substantially from end to end of the car. The side lilembodies a plurality of door posts and intermediate posts. One of thesedoor posts is indicated at 13 and one of the intermediate posts is shownat 14. The construction and arrangement of the door posts andintermediate posts is well known and the disposition of the door postsin order to define a door opening i5 is also well known to those skilledin the art.

The upper ends of the door posts and intermediate posts are secured tothe side plate either by welding or by rivet'- ing. At their lower endsthe door posts and the intermediate posts are. directly connected to theexisting side sill 11 of the car by means of simplified and identicalbrackets 16. Each of these brackets is formed of a pair of plate members17 and 18 which are turned outwardly to provide flanges 19 and 20 bymeans of which the brackets are secured to the side sill 11 preferablyby rivets 21 and 22. At its outer end each of the plates 17 and 1S isformed to provide upstanding flanges 23 and 24 secured as by means ofrivets 25 and 26 on opposite sides of the inwardly extending flange 27of the Z-shaped door post 13 and inwardly extending web 28 of theZ-shaped intcrmediate posts 14.

Metallic sheathing 29 is secured to the web 30 of the door posts and tothe outer flange 31 of the intermediate posts. By virtue of theconstruction hereinabove described the metallic sheathing and the postslie in outwardly spaced relationship to the side sill 11. To close thisspace an extension member 32 is utilized. This extension member embodiesa downwardly extending flange 33 secured to the side sill 11 as by meansof rivets 34, an upwardly and outwardly extending web 35 and an upwardlyextending flange 36. The latter flange lies on the outside of the web3f) of the door posts and is overlapped by the sheathing 29. This flangeis secured as by means of rivets such as 37 to the sheathing and thedoor posts. Similarly the upwardly extending flange 36 lies on theoutside of the flange 31 of the intermediate posts and is overlapped bythe sheathing 29. This flange is secured to the sheathing and to theintermedia-te posts as by means of rivets 39 and 4l). Securement of thebrackets to the inclined web 35 is obtained preferably by means ofwelding the lower edges of the bracketrplates 17 and 18 to the web 35.For this purpose lthc lower edges of the plates 17 and 18 are inclined'similarly to the web 35 and are welded to the web as indicated at 41.

Additional securement is obtained between the door posts 13 and theextension member 32 by means of a gusset 42. The gusset 42 is angular incross section and embodies a flange 43 secured asI by meansv of rivets44 and 45 to the upstanding fla-nge 36 of the extensionmember 32 and aflange 46 which is similarlyinclined and secured to the web 35 as bymeans of Yrivets 4'?. The gusset 42 also embodies an inwardly extendingflange riti which isy securedy to the flange. 27 of the door post as bymeans of rivets 49. As is shown. more clearly in Fig. 1 of the drawingsthe flange 48 of the gusset 42 is inclined downwardly and rearwardly asindicated at 56' so as to be spaced from the flangey 27 of ther doorposts and the upstanding flange 24 of the brackets 16 secured to thedoor posts. By reason; of the described form of the gusset 42 thebrackets which Vsecurethe door-posts to the side sill can be madeidentical: with the brackets which secure the intermediate posts to theside sill.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description that the upwardly andoutwardly inclined web 35 of the extension member 32 is disposed belowthe top of the side sill 11. It will also be apparent that the brackets16 which directly connect the posts to the side sill 11 are positionedentirely above the extension member 32 so as to be concealed by theextension member. Moreover, the inclination of the web 35 permits theextension member to serve as a tension member in addition to itsfunction as a closure member so that it will carry a portion of thetension stresses imposed upon the posts. Also the welding of theinclined web of the extension member to the brackets serves to obtain aunity of action of these parts.

Brackets 51 are utilized within the door opening 15. These brackets areshaped somewhat differently from the brackets 16 and are formed ofplates 52 and 53. The plate 52 is formed with a flange 54 at its innerend by means of which it is secured to the side sill 11 as by means ofrivets 55. At its outer end the plate 52 is formed with a flange 56through which it is secured to the upstanding flange 36 as by means ofrivets 57. The upper edge of the web S8 of the plate 52 is formed with asubstantially horizontal portion 59 and an upwardly and outwardlyinclined portion 60. The lower edge of the plate 52 is inclined upwardlyand outwardly similarly to the web 35 and is secured to the web as bymeans of welding 61.

The plate 53 is similar in its structure to plate 52 and is accordinglyprovided with inner and outer flanges 62 and 63 which are securedrespectively to the side sill 11 and to the upstanding flange 36 of theextension member 32 as by means of rivets 64 and 65. The upper and loweredges of the bracket plate 53 are shaped similarly to the upper andlower edges of the bracket plate 52. The plate 53 is so arrangedrelative to the plate 52 that the web 66 of plate 53 prefereably abutsthe web 58 of plate 52.

The brackets 51 serve not only to reinforce the upstanding flange 36 inthe door opening but also act as supports for a threshold plate 67 lyingin the door opening. The threshold plate embodies a horizontal flange 68which extends across and is welded to the upstanding flange 36 and whichalong its outer edge is formed with a depending ange 68a disposed inoutwardly spaced relationship to the ange 36 and terminating above thedoor track 69. The plate 67 extends inwardly of the upstanding ange 36and at its inner edge is formed with a depending flange 70 which isspaced inwardly of the ange 36 and which terminates in a horizontalflange 71 resting upon and welded to the upper edge of the brackets 51as indicated 'at 72. In the illustrated embodiment of the invention thehorizontal ange 71 serves as a support for the outer edge of floorboards 73 while the inner depending flange 70 serves as an abutment forthe floor boards. Beyond the door posts a combined grain board and floorboard support 74 is employed. Each of these boards is grained `asindicated at 75 so as to provide a shoulder 76 upon which the outer edgeof the floor boards 73 are supported and an abutment 77 for the outeredge of the floor boards. The abutment 77 of the combined grain boardland oor board support members and the inner 'clepending ange 70 of thethreshold plate are alined longitudinally of the car so that all of theoor boards used whether in the door opening or beyond the door openingare of the same length.

The track 69 is formed of an angle member which is arranged with oneange 78 in horizontal position and the other flange 79 in verticalposition and depending from the flange 78. A plurality of track brackets80 are secured to the underside of the horizontal ange 78 as by means ofrivets 81. To support the track as illustrated a plurality of trackbracket supports such as 82 are ernployed. Each of these brackets isformed` of a bent plate which provides a downwardly and inwardlyinclined flange 83 secured to the underside of the web 35 of extensionmember 32 as by means of rivets 84. The track bracket support S2 alsoprovides a vertical depending flange 85 to which the track brackets 80are secured as by means of rivets 86. The flanges 83 and 85 arereinforced by means of a plate member 87 which is welded to theseflanges.

It will be apparent that numerous changes and modilications in thedetails of the invention will be clear to those skilled in the art. Itis intended, therefore, that all such changes and modications becomprehended within this invention which is to be limited only by thescope of the claims appended hereto.

I claim:

l. A replacement carside unit for railway freight cars adapted to besecured to a side sill of a said car comprising a metallic side plate,metallic intermediate and door posts adapted to be disposed outwardly ofthe side sill, means securing the upper ends of said posts to said sideplate, metallic sheathing secured to said side plate and said posts, 'alongitudinally continuous metallic extension member having an upstandingflange secured to said posts and sheathing, a downwardly and inwardlysloping web and a depending flange |adapted to be secured to the sidesill, 4and metallic brackets secured to said post-s and adapted to besecured to the side sill for fastening said posts directly to the sidesill, said brackets being secured to said web.

2. A replacement carside unit for railway freight cars adapted to besecured to a side sill of said car comprising -a metallic side plate,metallic intermediate and door posts adapted to be disposed outwardly ofthe side sill, means securing the upper ends of said posts to said sideplate, metallic sheathing secured to said side plate and said posts, alongitudinally continuous metallic extension member having an upstandingflange secured to said posts and sheathing, la downwardly and inwardlysloping web and a depending ange adapted to be secured to the side sill,metallic brackets secured to said posts and adapted to be secured to theside sill for fastening said posts directly to the side sill, saidbrackets lying entirely above the web of said extension member and meanssecuring said brackets to said web.

3. A replacement carside unit for railway freight cars adapted to besecured to a side sill of a said car comprising a metallic side plate,metallic intermediate and door posts :adapted to be disposed outwardlyof the side sill, means securing the upper ends of said posts to saidside plate, metallic sheathing secured to said side plate and saidposts, a longitudinally continuous metallic extension member having anupstanding ange secured to said posts and sheathing, a downwardly andinwardly sloping web and a depending ange adapted to be secured to theside sill, 1and metallic brackets secured to said posts and adapted tobe secured to the side sill for fastening said posts directly to theside sill, said brackets comprising pairs of plates, the lower edges ofsaid plates having a slope similar to the slope of said web of saidextension member and being welded thereto.

4. A replacement carside unit for railway freight cars adapted to besecured to a side sill of a said car comprising a metallic side plate,metallic intermediate and door posts adapted to be disposed outwardly ofthe side sill, means securing the upper ends of said posts to said sideplate, metallic sheathing secured to said side plate and said posts, alongitudinally continuous metallic extension member having an upstandingflange secured to said posts and sheathing, a downwardly and inwardlysloping web disposed below the top of the side sill and a dependingflange adapted to be secured to the side sill, metallic brackets securedto said posts and adapted to be secured to the side sill for fasteningsaid posts directly to the side sill, said brackets lying between thetop of the side sill and said web of said extension member and meanssecuring said brackets to said web.

5. A replacement carside unit for railway freight cars adapted to besecured to a side sill of a said car comprising a metallic side plate,metallic intermediate and door posts adapted to be disposed outwardly ofthe side sill, means securing the upper ends of said posts to said sideplate, metallic sheathing secured to said side plate and said posts, alongitudinally continuous metallic extension member having an upstandingflange secured to said posts and sheathing, a downwardly and inwardlysloping web and a depending flange adapted to be secured to the sidesill, metallic brackets secured to said posts and adapted to be securedto the side sill for fastening said posts directly to the side sill,said brackets lying entirely above and being secured to said web of said'extension member and door track supporting members secured to theunderside of said web.

6. A replacement carside unit for railway freight cars adapted to besecured to a side sill of a said car comprising a metallic side plate,metallic intermediate and door posts adapted to be disposed outwardly ofthe side sill, means securing the upper ends of said posts to said sideplate, metallic sheathing secured to said side plate and said posts, alongitudinally continuous metallic eXtension member having an upstandingange secured to said posts and sheathing, a downwardly and inwardlysloping web and a depending ange adapted to be secured to the side sill,gussets secured to said door posts and to said upstanding flange and webof said extension member and having a portion oiset longitudinally fromsaid door posts, identical metallic brackets secured to saidintermediate and door posts and adapted to be secured to the side sillfor fastening said posts directly to the side sill, said door postbrackets being secured to said door posts adjacent to the oisets in saidgussets and means securing said brackets for said intermediate and doorposts to said web of said extension member.

7. A replacement carside unit for railway freight cars adapted to besecured to a side sill of a said car comprising a metallic side plate,metallic intermediate and door posts adapted to be disposed outwardly ofthe side sill, means securing the upper ends of said posts to said sideplate, metallic sheathing secured to said side plate and said posts, alongitudinally continuous metallic eX- tension member having anupstanding iiange secured to said posts and sheathing, a downwardly andinwardly sloping web disposed below the top of said side sill and adepending liange adapted to be secured to the side sill, metallicbrackets secured to said posts and adapted to be secured to the sidesill for fastening said posts directly to the side sill, metallicbrackets secured to said upstanding flange between said door posts andadapted to be secured to the side sill, the portion of said latterbrackets adjacent to the side sill lying below the side sill, meanssecuring all of said brackets to said web, and a threshold plate havinga horizontal ange projecting outwardly beyond and welded to saidupstanding ange and a portion extending downwardly from said horizontalflange and welded to said portion of said second-mentioned bracketslying below the side sill.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,995,532 Blest Mar. 26, 1935 2,082,251 Madland June 1, 1937 2,201,826Ditcheld May 21, 1940 2,235,449 Ditcheld Mar. 18, 1941 2,618,226 DoyleNov. 18, 1952

